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Maryland offers "The New Directions Waiver" as a means of self-directing state and federal Medicaid dollars for individuals who qualify for supports due to their disability.

This offers the disabled individual the opportunity to use those dollars to best meet their own unique needs. However, it comes with the responsibility to create a plan, a budget, and find your own resources to make the plan a reality.

No centralized source of resources exists. The purpose of this blog is to direct others to resources in our communities and to provide one example of a self-directed plan. (*Caution: The self-directed plan described at the beginning of this blog is for an individual with a 5/5 needs rating, the highest possible rating in Maryland, and therefore the highest budget possible. Most will have a lower rating and a lower budget to work with.) It is also to share firsthand knowledge of experiences that may assist others who self-direct services.

Comments are welcome. Please share your knowledge with others.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Potomac Community Resources Serves Teens and Adults

In Montgomery County, MD, there is an organization that began in 1994, and now serves hundreds of teens and adults with developmental differences. Programs that PCR offers include basketball, chorus, basic communication skills, music therapy, art, photography, Tai Ji (martial arts), and a Friday night social club. They have a Mens's Group and a Women's Group that meets in a local church and they have special events like Earth Day activities. In addition, they offer a Sunday afternoon respite program with many fun and therapeutic activities, once a month.
PCR sends out a periodic newsletter, has a website and is on Facebook. If you are in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area and think you might be interested in looking into PCR activities, the Spring sessions end in July, so there is time to register for the next sessions.

To read more about PCR or to register for these programs, copy and paste this URL

http://www.pcr-inc.org
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